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Though the Gunners manager chose not to answer the question at the post match conference, he can not deny that this comes as a big relief for him and the club. Arsenal are now six points off fourth-placed Manchester City but have played a game less. Man United will attempt to book their spot in the Europa League final when they welcome Celta Vigo to Old Trafford for the second leg of their semi-final on Thursday night. (more...)

Heavyweight boxing champ Anthony Joshua threw out a challenge to controversial former champ Tyson Fury after his remarkable victory on Sunday morning (NZ time). "Just give it a go and you never know the outcome". "Anthony was better today than I. It's really sad that I didn't make it tonight". "I was planning to do it". (more...)

The three-day suspension removed Harvey from the 25-man roster. According to club sources , Harvey claimed he was experiencing migraine headaches on Saturday after playing a round of golf and never showed up for the Mets' game against the Marlins. (more...)

Paul Pogba of Manchester United celebrates scoring his sides first goal with Michael Carrick during the Premier League match between Swansea City and Manchester United at Liberty Stadium on November 6, 2016 in Swansea, Wales. "In the past month of April, we played nine matches - seven of them in the Premier League and we had too many problems, we had too many players absent". (more...)

Since their relegation from the Premier League in 2013, Wigan have slipped all the way down to League one, and with their hopes having been revived previous year with their promotion back to the campaign, Wigan fans will once again be feeling down with their team having been relegated back to the 3rd tier of English football once more. (more...)

It sounds like Silva has given up on trying to get a fight for Rio and is "disassembling" his fight camp, according to what he said on Sunday in an Instagram live video via UOL , translated by MMA Junkie . Due to the penalty against Gastelum, it is unlikely that the fighter will face any additional punishment from USADA. Training with Zahabi and St-Pierre in Canada will certainly give him a great chance to deliver one last great performance for his many fans. (more...)

He drained step-back and fadeaway jumpers, cut to the rim for layups and buried timely 3-pointers. He scorched the nets for the better part of 48 minutes. The Jazz' first lead of the series came with 1:01 left in the second quarter, almost 119 minutes. Utah made another charge later in the quarter. Curry and Durant hit back-to-back 3s to give Golden State a 92-84 lead with 3 minutes 4 seconds left. (more...)

Howard has been adamant in believing he had more in the tank, but was unsigned through spring training . Through 42 plate appearances Howard was hitting a horrid.184 with only one home run and 11 strikeouts. He shared the team lead in homers with 25 last season but also batted a career-worst.196. He was honoured by the team before its final home game but insisted that he had no plans to retire. (more...)

Sign up for the online chat with Air Force Deputy CIO Bill Marion II on May 9, at 10 a.m. (EDT). His father, Rocky, played college football at BYU, while his grandfather, Ken, is in the state's high school football coaches hall of fame. Day 2 of the 2017 NFL Draft should be deemed a success for the Green Bay Packers. Amichia became the third Bull of the day to go off the board when the Packers picked him in the sixth round (212th overall selection). (more...)

If everything affects you on and off the court, I think that would be a really challenging position to be in. "Players I don't normally speak to, getting a lot of texts from people in the tennis world that were just rooting for me". I was happy with the way I changed things around in the second, stepped in, was a little bit more aggressive inside the baseline. "I think I would be anxious about myself if I sat here and said I m pretty happy with losing a tennis match, no matter who I face, ... (more...)

In a meeting of two vaunted heavyweights on opposite points of the hill, Joshua will put his IBF title, not to mention his flawless professional record, on the line against 41-year-old Wladimir Klitschko . I can't even believe they plucked any footage from the Fury fight to show "the best of" Wladimir. I don't need to defend my titles, I don't need to [worry about] losing a winning record. (more...)

James Rodriguez scored from Lucas Vazquez's pull-back, before Rodriguez headed in a second shortly afterwards. Real Madrid were comfortable victors against relegated Granada on Saturday. "We are the opposite, physically we are very strong and that is good news for the end of the season", he said ominously. "There are no easy games". (more...)

Time after time Cesc Fabregas unlocked Boro with diagonal passes and it was with one such ball that he freed Costa to slot his 20th league goal of the season through Brad Guzan's legs. Realistically, these 90 minutes will determine whether Boro play Premier League or Championship football next season. "Very, very good. I'm satisfied". (more...)

From there Bottas took charge, but Hamilton, in the sister Mercedes, was having a race to forget. "In the race I had overheating", he told reporters later, "but I think I could have kept up with the guys ahead but I should have been further up with better pace in general, and that was lacking from Saturday onwards". (more...)

In close to five seasons with the Rockets , Patrick Beverley has had his fair share of battles with Spurs guard Tony Parker , but the relationship between the two goes back further. James Harden really struggled, going 3-of-17 from the field and 2-of-9 from 3-point land for just 13 points. James Harden put up 43 points, but he needs help getting buckets. (more...)

Although City can still mathematically catch second-placed Tottenham, this season will nearly certainly be the first in Guardiola's managerial career where he has not achieved at least a top-two finish. Pep Guardiola admits he will have to "buy goals " before next season in a bid to cure Manchester City's lack of killer instinct. And, although Spurs (460) and Liverpool (452) have had more chances, or shots at goal , in total than City this season (445), when it comes to what ... (more...)

The way Conte and his players celebrated with the visiting fans at the final whistle suggested they felt it was a significant victory, but the Blues boss denied as much. Chelsea recorded their first Premier League clean sheet since January despite losing David Luiz to a groin injury on 82 minutes, to be replaced by Nathan Ake. (more...)

BCCI's chairman of selectors M.S.K. Prasad had no hesitations in calling the former India skipper "the best stumper" in the world despite his erratic run with the willow in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL). He would to make his opportunity and count and prove that he could replicate what MS Dhoni did in 2013. Gabbar also struggled when he last played for India. (more...)

Cleveland led by as many as nine points in the second quarter before the Raptors tied it at 43 on a layup by Ibaka with 3:41 to play in the first half. For the quarter they were 0-4 from three, for the game they were 2-of-18 from deep. Korver averaged 5.3 points a game in the first-round sweep of in and 4.5 points in the first two wins over Toronto . (more...)

Atletico Madrid left-back Hernandez has passed a medical and agreed to join Real Madrid , according to reports in Spain. Having been offered a new, improved deal with Atleti in October, 19-year-old Hernandez announced in February that he wanted to leave his boyhood club - where older brother Lucas has already become a regular feature under Diego Simeone - peeking the interest of teams like Bayern Munich and Liverpool. (more...)